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Growing up with Thunderbirds – Tour 2025

Dee Anderson is embarking on a tour of the UK, sharing her memories of ‘growing up with Thunderbirds‘

As the daughter of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson, Dee Anderson, lived and breathed the magic of Thunderbirds and all the other Supermarionation programmes as a child. In this show, Dee presents a heartfelt tribute to the boundless imagination and thrilling adventures that defined a generation.

Gerry and Sylvia’s extraordinary legacy comes to life on stage like never before, inviting you into the world of a child who grew up with Thunderbirds. In her words “It was simply FAB!”

Dates/venues being added as confirmed and tickets become available:

London, 12th May Phoenix Arts Club

Gt Yarmouth, 25th July St George’s Theatre

New Milton, Hampshire, 30th August Forest Arts Centre

Esher, 11th October – Esher theatre 

London, 30th November The Cinema Museum

BFI – date to be announced



Growing Up with Thunderbirds

By – Dee Anderson

PREORDER now for May delivery – cover design subject to change pre-release

special hardback edition SIGNED by Dee Anderson version of her book Growing up with Thunderbirds, before the wider retail release of this amazing book, with insights to her childhood growing up in and around the sets of Thunderbirds, packed with never seen before family photos, and stories of her magical childhood.

Dee brings a unique personal perspective as the daughter of the legendary visionaries Sylvia and Gerry Anderson. Through her eyes, this extraordinary legacy comes to life on stage as well as in this FAB book like never before, inviting you into the world of a child who grew up with Thunderbirds, the classic children’s television programme created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson in 1965. It was simply FAB.

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